Master NestJS from Scratch
Learn how to build efficient and scalable server-side and client-side applications with NestJS
Updated on Sep, 2025
Language - English
Development ,Web Development,Nest.js
Lectures -45
Duration -4.5 hours
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Course Description
Nest (NestJS) is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js server-side applications. It uses progressive JavaScript, is built with and fully supports TypeScript (yet still enables developers to code in pure JavaScript), and combines elements of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), FP (Functional Programming), and FRP (Functional Reactive Programming).
Under the hood, Nest makes use of robust HTTP Server frameworks like Express (the default) and optionally can be configured to use Fastify as well!
Nest provides a level of abstraction above these common Node.js frameworks (Express/Fastify), but also exposes their APIs directly to the developer. This gives developers the freedom to use the myriad of third-party modules that are available for the underlying platform.
Philosophy
In recent years, thanks to Node.js, JavaScript has become the “lingua franca” of the web for both front and backend applications. This has given rise to awesome projects like Angular, React, and Vue, which improve developer productivity and enable the creation of fast, testable, and extensible front-end applications. However, while plenty of superb libraries, helpers, and tools exist for Node (and server-side JavaScript), none of them effectively solve the main problem of Architecture.
Nest provides an out-of-the-box application architecture that allows developers and teams to create highly testable, scalable, loosely coupled, and easily maintainable applications. The architecture is heavily inspired by Angular.
Who is this course for?
Intermediate JavaScript developers who want to dive into back-end development.
Any developers willing to apply TypeScript to the back-end.
Developers eager to learn how to develop performant, secure, and production-ready REST APIs following best practices.
Developers who want to follow building a practical, real-world application from zero to production.
Front-end developers who want to move to back-end development.
Goals
Becoming familiar with the NestJS framework and its components.
Designing and developing REST APIs that perform CRUD operations.
Authentication and Authorisation for back-end applications.
Using Typeform for database interaction.
Security best practices, password hashing, and storing sensitive information.
Persisting data using a database.
Writing clean, maintainable code in line with industry standards.
Utilising the NestJS Command Line Interface (CLI).
Using Swagger for testing back-end services.
Implement efficient logging in a back-end application.
Environment-based configuration management and environment variables.
Implementing data validation and using Pipes.
Guarding endpoints for authorised users using Guards.
Modelling entities for the persistence layer.
TypeScript best practices.
Handling asynchronous operations using async-await.
Using Data Transfer Objects (DTO).
Hands-on experience with JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
Unit testing NestJS applications.
Create an admin portal with basic CRUD operations using the React Admin framework.
Create CRUD endpoints using the NestJSX Crud library.
Prerequisites
Having a basic understanding of JavaScript and/or NodeJS.
Having a basic knowledge of TypeScript is recommended, but not required.
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Introduction
3 Lectures
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Introduction
01:56
01:56
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House Keeping
02:03
02:03
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What we will build
05:12
05:12
Getting Started
3 Lectures
Authentication
4 Lectures
React Admin Setup
2 Lectures
Database
9 Lectures
CRUD
6 Lectures
Swagger
5 Lectures
NestJSX CRUD
9 Lectures
Logging
3 Lectures
Conclusion
1 Lectures
Instructor Details
Azim Ahmed
My name is Azim, I love creating solutions. It just so happens I am a developer by profession and I get to solve problems every day. I couldn't be happier. I learned computer programming from Sheridan College. I took my studies further by doing what most developers do, view as many tutorials and work with as many frameworks and new technologies as possible. I work at Lazer Technologies as a React Native developer.
I spend my off time with my family. I am a father of two. My wife and I are kept busy by these two. I also enjoy doing origami and playing some Mario games on our Nintendo Switch with my children.
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